Energy Colors 101: How Can They Guide Your Transformation?
There are many tools we can use on our journey of self-discovery and transformation, one of which is reading and interpreting the colors (or specific frequencies) of energy around your body. As a transformative coach, I use many spiritual and practical tools to guide clients toward clarity and confidence—and an energy color reading is one that I use with each client!
The energy color framework is a great initial step toward understanding who you are and who you can become. Our aura colors can open our eyes to things we might’ve sensed about ourselves but felt unclear or uncertain about. They can teach us to embrace who we are and trust our intuition.
But what exactly is an aura? And what can energy colors tell you about yourself? Let’s dive in below.
What is an Aura?
It’s generally believed that we all have an aura, or energy field, surrounding us, as do other organic things like animals and plants. This energy radiates off of us in an electromagnetic field. You may not be able to see a person’s aura (this can take a lot of practice), but you’ve likely felt it. For example, when you’re excited to be with one person but find another overwhelming or disconcerting.
In ancient medicine, like Hinduism’s Vedas scriptures, it is also thought that a person’s aura consists of seven layers, each tied to a different facet of your physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health.
What are Energy Colors?
Your aura radiates off of you in the form of a glowing light. Some people’s auras are soft and subtle, while others may give off a more defined, brighter light. This light typically consists of about six feet of different colored layers, which I refer to as energy colors.
The one or two energy colors closest to your body, known as your life colors, tell us about your personality and life purpose. In addition to your life colors, your aura could have outer bands of several other hues.
Typically, your life colors don’t change, while the outer bands could shift over time due to your mood, emotions, health, and other circumstances. For example, if you’re having a blast enjoying your favorite hobby, your outer bands may show yellow. Or if you’re angry, there may be red.
About the Aura Colors
Each hue reveals information about the characteristics within us and our compatibility with others. While the same energy color can look different from one individual to the next, they are generally interpreted as indicating the following personality traits:
Red: Action takers, pleasure seekers, fiery, sensual, confident, down-to-earth
Orange: Adventurous, adrenaline seekers, risk takers, intelligent, resourceful, bold
Magenta: Innovative, defies the norm, creative, experimental, entertaining, inspiring
Yellow: Youthful, energetic, playful, funny/fun-loving, living in the moment
Logical & Physical Tan: Analytical, detailed, stable, tech-savvy, loves data and numbers
Abstract & Sensitive Tan: Curious, social, rational, strives for stability and harmony, supportive
Green: Hardworking, ambitious, intelligent, efficient, successful, business-savvy
Blue: Empathic, nurturing, giving, comforting, emotional, caring providers
Indigo: Spiritual, aware, intuitive, sensitive, compassionate, honest, principled
Violet: Leaders, visionaries, passionate, creative, influential, changemakers
Lavender: Imaginative, daydreamers, artistic, sensitive
Crystal: Healers, meditative, insightful “energy chameleons” (i.e., they can absorb others’ energy and match it)
Usually, each person has a primary color and streaks of a second color. These are the life colors mentioned above, which tell us the most about your personality and needs. While your life colors can complement each other when balanced, they can also create conflicting energy when out of balance. More on this below.
3 Key Ways Our Energy Colors Can Guide Us
Overall, understanding your energy colors can give you guidelines to achieve fulfillment in every aspect of your life, from your career to your favorite activities and passions to your relationships and much more.
Personal Growth
Knowing your energy colors can validate what you’ve innately known about yourself. Instead of living according to pressures from family or society, you can uncover your true self and desires.
Since your most prominent color is a significant clue into what you want to do inherently, it can clarify what you’re meant to do on this earth and help you define the path to achieve it. This knowledge lets you focus on developing your skills and embrace your unique qualities and strengths, thereby living authentically and naturally.
An energy color reading can also indicate the techniques and tools you can use to maintain balance, stay healthy in every aspect of your life, create abundance, and be successful. In turn, this can foster personal, spiritual, and professional growth.
These could include methods from journaling to meditation to activities that bring you joy—but it will vary for each color. For example, ambitious and efficient Greens benefit from goal setting and making lists and plans.
Self-Reflection
Understanding your energy colors allows for deep introspection, helping you uncover hidden aspects of yourself and gain better insights into your strengths and challenges.
Additionally, understanding your energy colors helps you recognize when they are in or out of balance. When your aura field is in balance, you are in your power, doing what you do best and feeling fulfilled. However, each color also has a negative side, which could create a negative ripple effect in other areas of your life when there’s an imbalance.
For example, a Violet who is out of alignment could become arrogant and even self-sabotaging, not living to their true potential. To help restore balance and harmony, a Violet could use methods like visualization of what is possible, such as a vision board.
A Yellow aura, on the other hand, might rebalance their energy by seeking fun and playfulness. They could do this by getting outside, enjoying nature, and spending time with their pets.
Relationship Dynamics
An energy color reading can also shed light on the dynamics of your relationships, helping you navigate connections with others more harmoniously. You’ll not only know yourself better, but you’ll have clearer insights into the other aura types and how to get along with them.
This framework shows you the needs, preferences, and priorities of your aura colors and the aura colors of those in your life, such as your partner, family members, friends, and colleagues. This will help you appreciate and accept each individual for who they are—rather than try to force them to think, speak, and behave like you. From communicating to complementing each other’s strengths and weaknesses, this can be powerful in both personal and professional relationships.
And let’s not forget your most important relationship: the one with yourself! Knowing your primary life colors will show you how there can be friction in your aura. As mentioned earlier, many colors have conflicting desires, styles, and goals, which can lead to discontent and self-sabotage. But when you understand each color's unique strengths and qualities, you can take steps to enhance them and ensure they don’t clash.
Using Energy Colors as a Transformative Tool
Understanding your unique energy signature provides a solid starting point for unlocking your potential. The journey of discovering one’s purpose through energy colors is not just an exploration of the mystical; it’s a pathway to self-discovery, empowerment, and a fulfilled life.
Embracing your energy colors is the first step on your journey toward:
A more satisfying career
Stronger, more positive relationships
Success and abundance
Self-love and compassion
Are you interested in learning how an energy color reading translates into a transformational coaching experience? Book a compatibility call today, and I’ll be happy to share more!
